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    Let's go! (sorry i used WSL i have my own reasons for it...) (lemmy.world)
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    [–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    Slightly unrelated but cygwin will run better on windows (its way lighter)

    [–] gornius@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Better in which way? WSL2 is a VM running ALONGSIDE Windows, not inside. Its performance is basically bare metal. If you have enough RAM, there is no reason to use cygwin instead of WSL2.

    [–] Picture_Pig@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

    its complicated please dont blame me for WSL

    [–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

    In that case why don't you just run a VM or install bare metal. WSL strips you of control just like Windows itself does.

    [–] Picture_Pig@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

    its complicated as i replied to someone else's comment...

    im not a "it just works" user too but its complicated to explain why i use windows for now (but ill switich soon)

    like im totally a FOSS enthusiast but like...

    [–] azerial@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

    AHHHH "Has ptsd flashbacks from having to use Cygwin on a mixed build environment for a popular MMO that's about some kind of war up in the stars.." lol NOT THE CYGDRIVE lol jk but it did take me back ~5 years.

    [–] Picture_Pig@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

    i try to understand that...

    [–] QuaternionsRock@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Can Cygwin run Linux GUI programs effectively? What about GPU-bound workloads? Would happily switch if the answer to both of those is yes.

    [–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

    You can run GUI apps but I'm not sure about GPU workloads. Wouldn't bare metal be the best for that?

    [–] QuaternionsRock@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

    Wouldn't bare metal be the best for that?

    Technically yes, but WSL2 is remarkably close to optimal in terms of throughput. Unlike WSL1 (a type 2 hypervisor), WSL2 requires Hyper-V (a type 1 hypervisor), meaning Windows also runs as a VM once it’s enabled. The Linux vGPU driver still needs to go through the Windows Nvidia driver as far as I know, but that is seldom the bottleneck for CUDA applications.

    [–] Picture_Pig@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

    true it uses a Microsoft Hypervisor Virtual Machine

    [–] Picture_Pig@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

    i dont mind the GUI... but is Cygwin open source? just knowing

    [–] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

    Yep, that's what I use as well... in Windows I mean.